Focus Exhibits | Missouri Folk Arts Program

A black metal three-legged, table top lamp with a candle

Missouri Folk Arts, Focus Exhibit 2024-2025

Thanks for visiting to learn more about Missouri Folk Arts and the Focus Exhibit! Missouri Folk Arts is excited to curate a designated display case in our home at the University of Missouri’s Museum of…

Image of Bernie Trappel in his Blacksmith workshop. He appears in the foreground of the photo where he works on a current piece for the Focus Exhibit. Behind him hang finished pieces on his wall.

Focus Exhibit: A Sampler of Missouri Blacksmiths

In 2019, Mid-America Arts Alliance and Missouri Folk Arts partnered to create a blacksmithing exhibition at the M-AAA offices at the Crossroads in Kansas City, Mo. Bernard Tappel of Osage Bluff Blacksmith Shop provided expert input…

The dress, a tribute to Congo dances, features a bodice appliqué of El torito (the bull), a popular carnaval character.

Focus Exhibit, Carnaval de Barranquilla & Carmen S. Dence

Carnaval de Barranquilla & Carmen S. Dence Folk Arts Focus Exhibit October 1, 2019 – February 7, 2020 In October 2019, the Missouri Folk Arts Program installed its inaugural focus exhibit, featuring the work of…

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Missouri Folk Arts, Focus Exhibit 2024-2025

Focus Exhibit: A Sampler of Missouri Blacksmiths

Focus Exhibit, Carnaval de Barranquilla & Carmen S. Dence